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"Wonder, rapture — whatever one wishes to call it — is a subtle affect that, as I see it, blends joy (admiration, pleasure, desire both titillated and fulfilled) and suprise (astonishment, stupefaction, shock) at such an intensity of stimulation that the sense of interest an object of wonder commands is ramped-up to fascinating."

Bukiet on Brooklyn Books Hal Duncan 2009

Wonder, rapture — whatever one wishes to call it — is a subtle affect that, as I see it, blends joy (admiration, pleasure, desire both titillated and fulfilled) and suprise (astonishment, stupefaction, shock) at such an intensity of stimulation that the sense of interest an object of wonder commands is ramped-up to fascinating.

Bukiet on Brooklyn Books Hal Duncan 2009

I chatted over coffee the other day with former D.C. mayor Anthony Williams, who is widely credited with transforming the city and setting the stage for ramped-up school reform.

A mayor from the past ponders Gray's future Courtland Milloy 2010

Managers are also likely to be focused on a ramped-up regulatory environment.

The 2012 Regulatory and Market Landscape 2012

Ichatted over coffee the other day with former D.C. mayor Anthony Williams, who is widely credited with transforming the city and setting the stage for ramped-up school reform.

A mayor from the past ponders Gray's future Courtland Milloy 2010

The security fee was first imposed after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks with the intent of covering the full cost of ramped-up security efforts at airports and aboard planes.

Airline-Passenger Fees to Be Aimed at Debt Eric Morath 2012

Welcome to the extreme sport of kloofing, South Africa's ramped-up version of canyoneering.

Between a Rock and a Waterfall Peter Wonacott 2011

I wouldn't spend 10% of NASA's budget on a ramped-up Apollo follow-on with more creature comforts.

Latest Administrator Gossip - NASA Watch 2009

In South Africa, the sandstone domes and verdant scrubland give kloofing, a ramped-up version of canyoneering, its own natural draws.

Up and Down Canyons 2011

Still, the DNC's ramped-up fundraising will allow the committee to exert considerably more influence than the RNC can over the final weeks of the campaign.

The Fix: DNC rakes in $16 million in September Chris Cillizza 2010